Posted on 04/15/2010 11:15:54 AM PDT by TaraP
Mark of the Beast now available in Invisible to the eye INK?
The process developed by Somark involves a geometric array of micro-needles and an ink capsule, which is used to 'tattoo' an animal. The ink can be detected from 4 feet away.
A startup company developing chipless RFID ink has tested its product on cattle and laboratory rats.
Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs. The passive RFID technology could be used to identify and track cows to reduce financial losses from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) scares. Somark, which formed in 2005, is located at the Center for Emerging Technologies in St. Louis. The company is raising Series A equity financing and plans to license the technology to secondary markets, which could include laboratory animals, dogs, cats, prime cuts of meat, and military personnel.
Chief scientist Ramos Mays said the tests provide a true proof-of-principle and mitigate most of the technological risks in terms of the product's performance. "This proves the ability to create a synthetic biometric or fake fingerprint with biocompatible, chipless RFID ink and read it through hair," he said.
Co-founder Mark Pydynowski said during an interview Wednesday that the ink doesn't contain any metals and can be either invisible or colored. He declined to say what is in the ink, but said he's certain that it is 100% biocompatible and chemically inert. He also said it is safe for people and animals.
The process developed by Somark involves a geometric array of micro-needles and a reusable applicator with a one-time-use ink capsule. Pydynowski said it takes five to 10 seconds to "stamp or tattoo" an animal, and there is no need to remove the fur. The ink remains in the dermal layer, and a reader can detect it from 4 feet away.
"Conceptually, you can think of it in the same way that visible light is reflected by mirrors," he said, adding that the actual process is slightly different and proprietary.
The amount of information contained in the ink depends on the surface area available, he said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls for a 15-digit number to track cattle. The first three digits are "840" for the U.S. country code. The remaining digits are unique identifiers. The numbers would link to a database containing more information...
So, it’s basically an invisible barcode tatoo which can be read by a radio device.
Beastly..
barcode tattoos don’t work. they degrade too easily.
Beat’s me..
Who in their right mind, would have someone put a bar-code on them..
In other news, sales of sandpaper expected to rise.
Aha, but they are using super, dooper RFID ink!
This web sites breaks down that anatomy and you can clearly see the 666. I'm not saying it is the Mark, but I have yet to disprove it.
The "Regime" will require you to have your driver's license scanned whenever you buy sand paper; just like when you buy Sudafed or other similar over the counter sinus medications that have ephedrine in them.
http://www.antichips.com
Seems to me they’re missing the obvious - if they can ink-jet print an RFID type device, then why are they not working to sell it to Wal-Mart and every other retailer who wants to go to unit-level RFID? Unless it *must* be printed on living tissue, that would seem to be an instant multi-billion per year market, as even a five cent RFID chip is too expensive for retail products. A printable RFID should make barcodes obsolete.
Boycott all products that have a barcode.
They will start with the children.
I thought the Mark was a concious rejection of Christ and sign of loyalty to the Beast...
We are not cattle.
The guy in the movie ‘Hitman’ had one on the back of his neck.
The EMOcrats would disagree with you.
“We are not cattle.”
Apparently cattle are superior!
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I think I may have been marked because I can’t see it .
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